John B. Larson Quotes:

Nicotine has been proven addictive harmful to teenagers, threatening normal brain development.

source: - Source: www.pbs.org

Topics: Teenager, Brain, Development, Nicotine, Brain Development

We're looking to have the ability to come in and be able to capitalize on the marketing in order to grow the top-line. We basically leverage what has worked with our other successful acquisitions - investment in marketing, retention and student services.

Topics: Successful, Order, Marketing, Retention

Career Education is one of the largest global providers in the higher education sector. We are projecting to be over $1.1 billion in revenue in 2003, which puts us number one in our sector for onsite education and number two for online education in terms of revenue.

Topics: Careers, Two, Numbers, Higher Education, Providers

Before Medicare, nearly half of American seniors were forced to go without coverage because insurance companies were reluctant to insure them - making the chances of having health insurance as a senior the same as getting tails on a coin flip.

source: - "Five Things to Know About the GOP Plan for Medicare" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 1, 2011.

Topics: Senior, Tails, Coins, Insurance Companies, Reluctant

As all Americans head forward into the new reality globalization has created, they want leaders who will level with them and help level the playing field.

source: - "Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2007.

Topics: Reality, Leader, Levels, Playing Fields

Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.

source: - "Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2007.

Topics: Reality, Globalization, Force, Unintended Consequences

Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world.

source: - "Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2007.

Topics: Government, Long, Tools

Americans want to be exposed to the opportunities that a changing world can offer.

source: - "Globalization: A Rendezvous with Reality" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2007.

Topics: Opportunity, World, Want

Americans count on the guaranteed benefits they paid for under Medicare.

source: - "Five Things to Know About the GOP Plan for Medicare" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 1, 2011.

Topics: Benefits, Medicare

I've traveled with Jack Murtha to Iraq three times to learn more about the region, talk with our diplomats and military leaders, and meet with our troops. Those visits are the main reason that I opposed the War in Iraq since its inception.

source: - "Why I Support Murtha for Majority Leader" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2006.

Topics: Military, War, Iraq, Military Leader, Inception

It's dishonest to say we're doing everything we can for our seniors when there is so much more we can.

Topics: Senior

It's wrong to put the drug lobby's interests ahead of older Americans.

Topics: Drug, Interest

I would rather be erring on the side of common-sense pragmatism and doing everything possible so that I felt that no stone was left unturned in terms of trying to protect school children.

Topics: Children, School, Common Sense, Pragmatism, Erring